Indiana Supreme Court

The Indiana Supreme Court’s Disciplinary Commission wants to set a new standard of “actual prejudice” for
attorney misconduct. In making that argument, the validity of two high-profile murder convictions that Carl Brizzi secured
during his time as prosecutor in the state’s largest county are being questioned.

Defense attorneys for former Indiana State Police trooper David Camm have asked the state’s intermediate appellate court
to accept an interlocutory appeal and decide whether a special judge should have appointed a new prosecutor to preside over
the man’s third trial.

Indiana Supreme Court history buffs have a new book to read. The Indiana Historical Society Press has published “Justices
of the Indiana Supreme Court,” which explores the lives of the state’s 106 justices.

The Indiana Supreme Court has granted transfer on a St. Joseph County adoption case and fully adopted a holding by the state’s
intermediate appellate court. In doing so, the state justices invited the prevailing biological mother to request attorney
fees because of what it found to be possible frivolous or bad faith efforts.

The Indiana Supreme Court heard oral arguments today involving the subpoena of records from a domestic violence agency by
a defendant who had been charged with two counts of Class A felony child molesting.

After the juvenile court adjudicated two minor children as children in need of services following their mother’s admission
to allegations filed by the Indiana Department of Child Services, the majority of a Court of Appeals panel today reversed
and remanded that finding in favor of the stepfather, who denied the allegations and asked for a fact-finding hearing. One
Court of Appeals judge dissented, writing that she disagreed that the trial court violated the stepfather’s right to
due process in this case.

A 30-day unpaid suspension begins next week for Marion Superior Traffic Judge William Young, though the chief justice expects
the Indiana Supreme Court would have issued a lengthier sanction if a settlement had not been reached in the misconduct case.